#Ember Eyes

[wickedzeevyln]

Origin

Night—the dark overlord rustled the leaves. On its back, the bruised moon, breath thick with frost, clung to my fur as I slinked through the trees. Night—I prayed to it. Hide me in your shadows. This night is unlike another. Tonight, we come out to hunt, to flense flesh from bones. Tonight, we dine or die. My pack, my blood, eyes of ember streaking in the dark from a distance until their breath…

[catsharky]

Create cool summer treats for your vampire with this one neat trick

[haydardotjpg]

The elegant silks wrapped around her [...] had its dye freshly intact; brilliant blues that faded into soft shades of orange and peach with a matching obi, the long swinging sleeves embroidered and painted with intricate patterns of wisterias dangling over pairs of mandarin ducks swimming on a stream.

Mizu in a furisode, based on a scene from Chapter 7 of my post-canon slowburn Taimizu fic, A New Ember.

[paperbagedhead]

Dang girl!  You wake up like that?

[triple-u-vvv]

I love how the whole cotl fandom is going insane over the new 2 embers trailer but it’s literally just

Anyways I will currently be connecting red string to photographs in a secret room like a conspiracy theorist until the next one comes out

[lemon-pilled]

i have work tomorrow and instead my ass stayed up to draw all the hunters.

youre welcome (god i have to tag everyone. augh.)

[valewritessss]

The best part of reading books when I was younger was not knowing there was a fandom for it and getting to form my completely own opinions and having no one but myself to fuel my imagination

[madcat-world]

Ember Eye - DaenaKey

[notthereanimator]

yeah

[gwandas]

Yet another Ember and Randall bonus chapter rant because I'm still mad that the first glimpse of post-ACOSF Nessian mates was... THAT

Nesta folding immediately after Bryce gave her a little sob story about humans is the most in character thing she could’ve done in that moment. No, it was not ooc for her to give up the Mask—just because Rhys kneeled to her at the end of ACOSF doesn’t mean that everything was good between them and she was going to become yet another IC goon. And when I see people saying she has to accept Rhys as her High Lord… Nesta’s value as a character isn’t contingent on bowing to Feysand. I don't care that she lives in his court. Who's fault is that in the first place? Oh, she was forcibly turned and now she has to live a life of servitude by default... no!

And as for Cassian, I don’t really care that we didn’t see their conversation. I believe Nesta when she said he was the most angry with her. Making things up like ��oh well Nesta is probably exaggerating,” or “he was probably just worried about her safety,” why don’t you believe what she has to say about her own mate? Cassian being angry with Nesta is the status quo as far as I’m concerned.

The facts are that her mate learned about an act of pure compassion on her part, heard her defend herself and give her reasoning, and didn’t give her an ounce of credit. Like, he doesn’t have to agree with the decision, but to be the most angry? To have zero reaction to Rhys spitting in her face? God, and the worst part is this will most likely go nowhere. Just another crime Nesta will have to atone for, likely in the form of handing over Gwydion.

I can understand seeing both sides, because I DO. Rhys has a right to be angry, Cassian can agree with Rhys as his general, I understand all that. No one was right or wrong in this situation—Nesta did something good but risky, Rhys and Cassian have a duty to the realm. But to read about Nesta being screamed at to the point where she’s not sure if they would execute her and have zero empathy for her? But have a full defense at the ready for her loser failmate because people hating on HIM pisses you off more than that chapter did? Maybe... some of us are simply sick and tired of reading about her being screamed at. And if you're not tired of reading about her being screamed at... maybe y'all are just not real Nesta shooters

[cosmic-walkers]

Maeglin, in which early on he flees Gondolin and becomes Lord of Nan Elmoth. He opens it as a safe haven for elves, dwarves, humans and even orcs who have turned away from morgoth and seek redemption.

Maeglin, like his father, being descended from a Maia of Yavanna enchants and expands his realm.

When one day he hears of the destruction of Doriath, he opens the gates for his kin. Little does he know a silmaril was brought to his home without his knowledge. This leads to the eventual destruction, of Nan Elmoth, and Maeglin's death at the hands of the Sons of Fëanor.

[rose-bunny-28]

Can you draw Suki?

My friend also wanted a Suki drawing. Win, win for everyone

[haydardotjpg]

Mizu and her cat Goma based on a scene from Chapter 4 of my post-canon slowburn Taimizu fic, A New Ember!

Goma is inspired by @wigglybunfish's various Mizu&kitty drawings, which you can find here, here and here!

[otakusparkle]

The evergreen, crowned with memories and light, rises once more! A moment to cherish, another year, and another chance to love and be loved. Wishing all our visitors a Merry Christmas!

[lovemademesick]

idv art ilyyyyyuuu

my yapping and zoom ins under the cut

j didnt have my glasses on so when i first sa w this i thought this was wuchang LMAOO. but its chad eyes and bonbon (i hate u bonbon dni/j)

naib x food is the only ship ill accept /j anyways me fr btw if u even careee

i dont really have anything to say about these two photos but norton is very cutie

i love luca sm here ugh my silly guy..!!!!!...

oh and alvas there too

I LOVE THEEEMMMM.... emma i love u i wish u and ur father the best 😞😞😞😞

ada and emil i also love u too, but ur deduction skins shouldve been jack and rose (if ykyk)

[hauntingofhouses]

hear me out. delusional post-canon taimizu idea. after mizu gets her revenge and helps akemi secure her position in the palace mizu retires and uses her mercenary money and whatever payment akemi gives her as thanks to buy a secluded land and house, maybe in the mountains or something. and ringo is there too because of course!

and every day she forges weapons and tends to her little bit of land feeding chickens and raising horses and training and meditating. every so often they get visitors who come to seek training from mizu and/or a sword made by her hand. and i like to imagine that mizu's presentation is still fluid so she'll dress feminine and let her hair down at night or on days when no visitors are around, and dress masculine and presenting as a man when accepting visitors. all in all it's peaceful and it's familiar and she is content with her level of freedom and this restricted contact with the outside world

and in this scenario (since it's taking place in my own imagined post-canon), mizu has already duelled taigen and there was the whole gender reveal too, and there may or may not have been drama but ultimately taigen was still her ally and helped in her revenge quest. but because taigen is taigen and all about following societal rules, he never quite knew how to navigate his feelings for mizu (who goes against ALL societal expectations) and so he never quite acted on his feelings and mizu with her deep self-hatred just figured that he didn't like her that way. so when she got the chance after finishing her quest and everything, she just left him a farewell note before cutting off all ties.

but of course taigen is a whipped mf who can NOT just let mizu go so of course he spends like. years. searching for mizu and pestering akemi for information before he FINALLY finds the abode of the legendary blue-eyed swordsman

so when he arrives mizu's life is now up-turned. reluctantly she greets him as her visitor because he's "travelled very far and he's very hungry" so as courtesy she has to feed him and besides it's late and it's snowy and ringo insists that taigen stay so reluctantly she lets him stay over.

so taigen stays. and mizu tells herself it's JUST for ringo's sake. cuz ringo is obviously happy to have an old friend over (and mizu feels a little guilty here because she feels that by staying by her side he's forced to also adhere to her reclusive lifestyle despite enjoying friendships and fun). and she watches ringo and taigen having fun sparring from afar before taigen notices her watching and throws her a sword and challenges her to a spar.

and then as mizu starts fighting taigen again something lights up in her again and like man she has forgotten what this felt like. because sure she practices every day and she always spars with her students and with ringo, but this is taigen. he challenges her and goads her on and with them fighting is a dance, a play, an art.

and of course it ends with mizu handing taigen's ass to him and they're both flushed and breathless and they can't tear their eyes away from each other and there's all this TENSION and the only thing that forces them to both remember their surroundings is ringo cheering mizu on from the sidelines, thus interrupting their prolonged erotic eye contact

and before she realises it taigen is staying another night, and another. and her traitorous heart likes him around, enjoys his company, their banter, their playful duels.

and i like to imagine taigen tricking her to spar only for it to devolve into tickle fight because taigen is a childish brat looking for any way to one-up her, but also he wants her to loosen up a little and this definitely takes off guard and then they're both giggling and rolling around like kids until they get interrupted again by like some other visitor who's come to request a sword from her

SO ANYWAY fast forward and eventually taigen moves in and now when visitors come over they get training from mizu AND taigen and everyone basically knows theyre fucking but since theyre two men nobody bats an eye the end send post

EDIT: I have written a fic out of this premise which you can read here :)